Posts Tagged ‘sports’

New Orleans,LA- The New Orleans Pelicans hosted the injury depleted Boston Celtics in the Smoothie King Center Sunday afternoon. The Pelicans needing a win to gain ground in the Western Conference Playoff Race & were playing their second of a five game home stand.

I was thinking about next Saturday. Forget looking ahead to Thursday night, I was thinking about the Bearcats in the regional final. I was looking right past Loyola, sorry international superstar Sister Jean, and wondering how the Bearcats would fare against Kentucky.

Just in case you ever wondered what would happen if a pornstar crossed paths with more than a dozen college baseball players…wonder no more. Thursday, the UNLV baseball team ran into Richelle Ryan and, well, in what is possibly the most Las Vegas thing the Rebels could do…they posed for a picture with pornstar.

Shocking news out of Mets camp: With teams finalizing rosters soon, the Mets have started preparations for a possible trade with Rafael Montero a candidate to be dealt, according to sources. Montero is out of options and is not a lock to make the roster. The team is not close to making a deal, according to one source.

Texans defensive end doesn’t need many characters to make his social media posts get the message across. We learned that on Friday, after ESPN’s Adam Schefter broke the news of Tyrann Mathieu signing a one-year deal with the Texans. Watt, who has been campaigning for the team to sign The Honey Badger, reacted to the news with a perfect emoji tweet.

Whenever we talk about which player is currently under the most team-friendly contract, it’s impossible to look past Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve . The reigning World Series champ, American League MVP, and three-time batting champ is in the midst of a five-year, $18.5 million deal, which also includes a $6.5 million team option for the 2019 season. He agreed to this deal back in 2013 (it was originally four years for $12.5 million with two options), before Jose Altuve became Jose Altuve , and looking at the deal in retrospect, saying the Astros received the ultimate bang for their buck is a tremendous understatement.

This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Kirsten Karbach. The voice of the Clearwater Threshers talks to the boys about being one of baseball’s only female play-by-play announcers, reveals what her ultimate goal is, cheers the Philadelphia Phillies off season moves and, lastly, answers the age-old question…what is a thresher?